My daughter (19) creates instrumental music with a dreamy, experimental atmosphere.These are original songs without vocals, ...

Ninety-nine point nine per cent of pop and rock music is vocal, but what of the minuscule remaining fragment? Why do people write instrumentals and, just as importantly, should they bother? The list ...

Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...

Instrumentals get a raw deal from some listeners. Outside of genres such as jazz, classical or techno, the absence of that most evocative instrument, the human voice, is often deemed a failing. One ...

From "Eruption" and "316" to "Cathedral" and "Sunday Afternoon in the Park," Van Halen's instrumentals showcase Eddie's ...